ESCAPED PRISONER REARRESTED.
INVERCARGILL, November 24. James M'Dermid, who escaped from custody yesterday while working at Otatara, was recaptured this forenoon in the vicinity of a house near the scene of his bolt. " M ‘Dermid had crossed the river, entered the house, and abstracted clothing and provisions. When found he had by him a butcher’s knife also taken from the house. The prisoner, who did not make any resistance, was escorted back to the reformatory, and will appear 1 efore a court to answer a charge of attempting to escape from custody.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3168, 2 December 1914, Page 6
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92ESCAPED PRISONER REARRESTED. Otago Witness, Issue 3168, 2 December 1914, Page 6
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